For a Pragmatics of the Useless
1st Edition
Published on 9. October 2020
392 pages
978-1-4780-1259-7 (ISBN)
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Drawing on the radical black tradition, process philosophy, and Felix Guattari's schizoanalysis, Erin Manning explores the links between neurotypicality, whiteness, and black life.
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Erin Manning is Professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University and the author of many books, including The Minor Gesture and Always More Than One: Individuation's Dance, both also published by Duke University Press.
Content
Acknowledgments ix
Prelude. Fugitively, Approximately 1
1. For a Pragmatics of the Useless 15
2. Toward a Politics of Immediation 33
Pocket Practice. nestingpatching 55
3. What Things Do When They Shape Each Other 75
Pocket Practice. backgroundigforegrounding 103
4. Experimenting Immediation: Collaboration and the Politics of Fabulation 115
5. Practicing the Shizz 145
Interlude. How Do We Repair? 199
6. Me Lo Dijo un Pajarito: Neurodiversity, Black Life, and the University As We Know It 213
Pocket Practice. livingdoing 235
7. Not at a Distance: On Touch, Synesthesia, and Other Ways of Knowing 245
Pocket Practice. ticcingflapping 271
8. Cephaloped Dreams: Finance at the Limit 289
Coda. schizziganarchiving 309
Notes 317
References 345
Index 359
Prelude. Fugitively, Approximately 1
1. For a Pragmatics of the Useless 15
2. Toward a Politics of Immediation 33
Pocket Practice. nestingpatching 55
3. What Things Do When They Shape Each Other 75
Pocket Practice. backgroundigforegrounding 103
4. Experimenting Immediation: Collaboration and the Politics of Fabulation 115
5. Practicing the Shizz 145
Interlude. How Do We Repair? 199
6. Me Lo Dijo un Pajarito: Neurodiversity, Black Life, and the University As We Know It 213
Pocket Practice. livingdoing 235
7. Not at a Distance: On Touch, Synesthesia, and Other Ways of Knowing 245
Pocket Practice. ticcingflapping 271
8. Cephaloped Dreams: Finance at the Limit 289
Coda. schizziganarchiving 309
Notes 317
References 345
Index 359
